Police fire tear gas as large crowds defy
AFP :Hong Kong police fired tear gas at pro-democracy protesters on Sunday after tens of thousands hit the streets once more to defy a ban...
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Samrat went into hiding day after casino drive started: RAB DG
Staff Reporter :Director General (DG) of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Benazir Ahmed on Sunday said that Juba League (JL) leader Ismail Hossain Samrat left Dhaka...
Congress Chief Sonia meets Hasina
UNB, New Delhi :Indian National Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Sunday met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in New Delhi.Sonia Gandhi was accompanied by former Indian...
Kh Mahbub rejects floral greeting from forum leaders
Staff Reporter :Advocate Khandker Mahbub Hossain, convener of Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum, denied accepting floral greetings from the Forum’s workers and activists amid his concern over...
Dhaka, Delhi for greater coop on 2 historic years
UNB, Dhaka :Bangladesh and India have emphasised the need for “greater cooperation” to commemorate 2020 and 2021, two historic years in Bangladesh-India relations.The birth centenary...
Shamim’s bodyguards on fresh remand
Court Correspondent :The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka yesterday (Sunday) placed seven bodyguards of GK Shamim, a top government listed contractor arrested during...
PM to inaugurate child rights week Wednesday
UNB, Dhaka :Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the World Children’s Day and Child Rights Week-2019 at Bangladesh Shishu Academy auditorium on Wednesday.Ministry of Women...
496 children raped in six months
UNB, Dhaka :A total of 496 children were raped during the first six months of the year, a jump of 41 percent compared to the...
Verdict on Risha murder deferred
Staff Reporter :A Dhaka court on Sunday deferred till October 10 the delivery of the verdict of Willes Little Flower School student Suraiya Akter Risha...
4 of a family among 8 killed in lightnings
Staff Reporter :At least eight persons including four of a family in Chandpur were killed in separate lightnings strike in the country on Sunday.In Chandpur,...
Dhaka again ranks worst in Air Quality Index
UNB, Dhaka :Bangladesh’s capital was again ranked the worst in Air Quality Index (AQI) on Sunday morning.Dhaka had a score of 195 at 9am, which...
It’s a bid to divert people’s attention from deals with India
Staff Reporter :BNP Senior Joint Secretary Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said Juba League’s Dhaka South unit President Ismail Hossain Samrat had been arrested for diverting...